Funchilde

I struggled for months to think of how to re-approach this blog, my blog, a summary of some of the best years of my life, in words. And finally, I am just going to start. Again. No grand entrance, no re-cap of the last 18 months other than to say that I worked, I played, [...]

Today is my 35th Birthday. Maybe if I say or type that enough times it’ll sink in. Today is my thirty-fifth birthday. Nope. It’s still surreal. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that I am 15 years from 20 years old and 15 years from being 50 years old. I’m closer to middle-age [...]

Despite the fiasco that was The Oyster Incident of 2008, I ventured forth and took another cooking class (#247) with two of my favorite colleagues, CJ (Left) and Bubbles (R). This class was “Pot Pies & Meat Pies” and it was deliciously fun. We made little pot pies full of all kinds of goody goodness [...]

One of the BEST gifts I’ve gotten recently is a Harry & David’s gift box! The box was too much for me to consume on my own and it came at the PERFECT time. I brought the box into the office of my New England client, and shared it during a recent all day staff meeting. AND, we polished the goodies off with a [...]

  *click on photo to see “notes” If this wasn’t so funny, I’d probably be more embarassed. Because I like to cook, and I like to take cooking classes, I have a repuation as a good cook. Which, of course, I am. However, every now and then, something goes horribly awry. A couple of weeks [...]

No rest for the weary. I am headed to Atlanta for a major event for my NY client. If anyone wants to catch up while I’m there, e-mail me at funchilde@yahoo(dot)com. Among other things, I am looking forward to being warm(er)!

I’m just back from New York. The plan was to go see the Kara Walker exhibit at the Whitney, catch up with a friend or two and enjoy restaurant week, maybe watch a little hotel t.v. and get some work done. Who was I kidding? Friday started off great with a special delivery (yes, that’s [...]

A five hour dinner followed by a 2 hour breakfast the next day. Random You-tube clips of the Chapelle Show and a 3 way conversation on race, religion and relationships. Pinot Noir and a toast to new loves, prolific careers, “dufflebag dogs”, and how if we put all of our travels together, we would have [...]

“Surprise! We got you Ice Skates for Christmas!”

When it’s 15 degrees outside and a spontaneous Fish Fry & Mary J. Blige dance party erupts in someone’s kitchen, resulting in random Chapelle Show quotes, the dispelling of a myth that a celebrity died in the basement and someone hiding “the good tequila.”